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Toure - The squad does not lack motivation

By Chris Harris

Kolo Toure has urged his team-mates to stay motivated and
bounce back from their heavy defeat at Anfield on Saturday.

The Ivory Coast defender endured one of the toughest afternoons
of his season as Peter Crouch's hat-trick inspired Liverpool to
a 4-1 victory. Toure praised the England striker but insists that
Arsenal are still focused on pipping Liverpool to third place.

"I feel that Liverpool played better than us," he told
Arsenal.com. "They were winning every ball all over the place
and that made a big difference. We have beaten them three times
this season but we didn't have the response when they went
ahead.

"Crouch is a good player. He scored early in the game and
after that he was feeling good. He is good in the air, he has good
technique and he deserved the three goals. He made it very
difficult for us at the back. He can head the ball, he can pass the
ball, he's a clever player.

"We lost but it is definitely a big motivation for the
players to finish in third place. We are professional and we need
to stay motivated because we are a big club and every game is
important for us. We did not play well on Saturday and we are very
disappointed.

"We need to be really strong all over the pitch. When we
win we win together and when we fail we fail together."

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